St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-14
SIR REDVERS BULLER.
He Holds His Honor Above the
Needs of Party.


LONDON, Sept. 13.-As was predicted,
England's coerciye policy is bearing
fruit, but in manner not entirely sat
isfactory to the ministry, whose heads
are slowly sinking and disappearing in
the whirlpool of Indignation that is cir
cling in resiStless torrent about them.
The present high-handed, oppressive
course which characteriZeS the govern
ment'S policy towards Ireland has
turned many of the formers allies
against the present ministry and every
day diminishes the fast decreasing num-
Der of government supporters. Not Suf-
ficiently warned by the result of the re-
cent elections, it has remained for diff
ferences in their own body to bring the
ministry to a realizing sense of their
owninSecurity. In the resignation of
Sir RedverS Butler, the government has
lost a strong, honest man, who, when
he has determined in his own mind that
he is going wrong, stops at nothing I'M
til he sets himself right. In fact, he is
a conscientious man whose honesty of
purpose will not allow him to be party
to the dubious methods of ministry
which sanctions the eviction of feeble
and helpless old women from wretched
cabins, that at best only shelter them
from the storms of heaven. and which
looks with complaiSance upon the un-
provoked murder of old men. Less
than two years ago when Sir Redyers
Butler was sent to Ireland to take
charge of the troops there, the landlords
realized almost Immediately that they
had man to deal with who intended to
see with his own eyes, the true state of
affairs. To his credit, be it said, that
HE WAS MOST RELUCTANT
to permit evictiOnS, and then he only did
so when he had exhausted every means
In his power OF avoiding such a process.
When he went to Ireland he had no
leaning toward home rule, and later OH
SWhen he was under secretary and the
fParnellite press annoyed him by as
suming that he was in favor of home
rule, he sent out a statement proclaim
ing himself staunch Unionist, and
that he did not favor home rule; but
all this time his mind was surely COM
ing round to believe in the doctrine, if
not in all its workings, at least alb
stractly. The government did not APP
pear to see that the gallant general
who could not make war upon women
would not send in the kind of a report
they desired, when he was detailed to
make an investigation of Heland'S con-
dition. But true to his honesty he
faithfully and accurately reported all
the poverty and squallor he found in the
country, and recommended merciful
and remedial measures. This report,
the ministry, whose eyes were then
open to see with what manner of man
they were dealing, are accused of
garbling and diStorting before it was
made public, because it was too true a
statement of the wretchednesS which
they wanted to prosecute. There is no
doubt but that at that time began the
Aicnilo OF fhat hoe for in,
Buffers resignation: the very vehem-
ence with which Mr.. Balfour asserted
that the resignation was simply for the
reason that Sir Redvers desired to return
to the war office, and that any aSsump-
ton that it was for any other reason
was unqualifiedly false, gives color TO
the too evident opinion that must be
uppermost in the mind of every man to
whom the facts are known. Sir RedyerS
Butler has quietly resigned, and it is
not supposed that he will offer any rea-
son to the world at large; so the gov
eminent can put what Interpretation
they please upon his action. The minis
try is in bad way. Who will be the
next to show open disapprobation of
their course?
Bulgaria.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 13.-Itis semi
officially stated here that III the event
of the failure of the present negotia-
tions concerning Bulgaria, the ears
government will consider itself justified
in proclaiming the annullment of the
treaty of Berlin. The Novoe Vremia
says:
The attitude of reserve maintained by Eng
land respecting Bulgaria is attributed here
to the idea that German Intervention i'll Bull
garia will suffice to give matters turn disa-
n Eynr1 CHI, occicf
Rnce.
SOFIA, Sept. 1S.-A meeting of the